Publications by authors named "T NAKATA"
In Vitro Formation of Actin Ring in the Fission Yeast Cell Extracts.
Cytoskeleton (Hoboken)
January 2025
Cytokinesis in animal and fungal cells requires the contraction of actomyosin-based contractile rings formed in the division cortex of the cell during late mitosis. However, the detailed mechanism remains incompletely understood. Here, we aim to develop a novel cell-free system by encapsulating cell extracts obtained from fission yeast cells within lipid vesicles, which subsequently leads to the formation of a contractile ring-like structure inside the vesicles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComplex network approaches have been emerging as an analysis tool for dynamical systems. Different reconstruction methods from time series have been shown to reveal complicated behaviors that can be quantified from the network's topology. Directed recurrence networks have recently been suggested as one such method, complementing the already successful recurrence networks and expanding the applications of recurrence analysis.
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- The intestine functions to absorb nutrients and water while maintaining tolerance to external environments, but its cellular and transcriptional dynamics are not fully understood.
- Researchers created a detailed resource that maps the spatial and cellular structure of the mouse intestine in both healthy and stressed conditions.
- The study revealed that the intestinal landscape is robust to microbiota influences and can adapt to inflammation through complex interactions between immune responses and structural cells.
Correction of Hemitruncus in an Adult Patient Alleviated Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula in the Affected Lung.
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg
January 2025
Article Synopsis
- A 36-year-old adult was diagnosed with an unusual heart condition where the right pulmonary artery originated from the aorta, along with pulmonary hypertension and moderate mitral regurgitation.
- During a preoperative procedure, an echocardiogram revealed a right pulmonary arteriovenous fistula, indicating abnormal blood flow between the pulmonary artery and left atrium.
- After surgical reconstruction of the right pulmonary artery with a Dacron graft, significant improvements were observed; six months later, the fistula decreased, and both pulmonary arterial pressure and mitral regurgitation improved dramatically.